I did some measuring tonight and it looks like a slant6 is not going to fit without firewall or other major front end mods
Guess I'll have to try and go the V6 or V8 route.
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| Author: | mo650chopper [ Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:11 pm ] |
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It's been awhile since I thought about my old slant six, My Dodge van think it was a 75 . Killed that van way back on my High schoool graduation night by taking out a telephone pole. Anyway to the present. A have a 92 Mighty Max pick up, basiclly a Dodge Ram 50, with a soon to be wore out 4 banger. I've thought of some differnt motor ideas and am intriqued with a slant 6 in the engine compartment and I like differnt. How much room from firewall to radiator would be needed to fit a slant 6 in there. |
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| Author: | Doctor Dodge [ Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:35 pm ] |
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The SL6 is 32 inches long, water pump 'nose' to bellhousing flange. Figure 34 to 35 inches of engine bay, plus any fan thickness and the radiator. DD |
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| Author: | Joshie225 [ Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:54 pm ] |
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Small blocks will fit a D50 if you put the radiator in front of the core support. The slant is longer. |
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| Author: | runvs_826 [ Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:09 pm ] |
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Just a heads up, my first car when I was 16 was 91 mighty max, the engine was awesome, we got the tranny (A-500) rebuilt 2 times and 3 torque converters. It was a headache... so shove a slant in! Also if it is an automatic I'm pretty sure the A-904 is a replacement without the o/d |
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| Author: | mo650chopper [ Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:09 pm ] |
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I did some measuring tonight and it looks like a slant6 is not going to fit without firewall or other major front end mods Guess I'll have to try and go the V6 or V8 route. |
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| Author: | Matt Cramer [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:53 am ] |
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The other option would be to put in a Mitsubishi 4G63 Turbo four banger - the same motor used in turbo Eclipses and the Lancer Evolution. It's very closely related to the stock D50 / Mighty Max motor, and can make a huge amount of power. |
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| Author: | mo650chopper [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:10 am ] |
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Quote: The other option would be to put in a Mitsubishi 4G63 Turbo four banger - the same motor used in turbo Eclipses and the Lancer Evolution. It's very closely related to the stock D50 / Mighty Max motor, and can make a huge amount of power.
Hadn't even thought of something like that. I asume enough guys crash them that a motor with all the computer stuff would be "Fairly" easy to find?
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| Author: | Joshie225 [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:32 am ] |
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Yeah, the problem with a 4G63 is that the front drive blocks don't bolt to the rear drive transmissions. |
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| Author: | Matt Cramer [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:45 am ] |
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I've seen it done before, as long as the truck has a 4G6x motor of some sort. The usual issue seems to be that the manifold needs to be modified because the stock throttle body would hit the firewall. |
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| Author: | Joshie225 [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:59 am ] |
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It's been done, but the top bellhousing bolt holes are farther apart on a rear drive block. |
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| Author: | mo650chopper [ Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:52 am ] |
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I guess since this thread is already off the original slant6 idea I'll ask another Mitsubishi question. I had a 95 New Yorker with a 3.5L V6 which I'm sure was a Mitsubishi motor although it was FWD. Did this engine get used in any RWD vehicles? |
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